US Mint offers Breast Cancer Awareness Coin
The United States Mint will begin accepting orders for the 2018 Breast Cancer Awareness Coin and Stamp Set (product code 18CL) on October 1 at noon ET. Priced at $39.95, this set includes one Breast Cancer Awareness Proof Half Dollar produced at the San Francisco Mint and one U.S. Postal Service Breast Cancer Research stamp.
The obverse (heads) of the coin features two women. The older woman has her hands on her chest and a relieved expression on her face. The younger woman, with a scarf on her head, holds one hand over her chest and the other raised in a fist as if she is ready to fight. A butterfly flies above the two women.
Inscriptions on the obverse are “Liberty,” “2018,” and “In God We Trust.” The coin’s reverse (tails) depicts a Tiger Swallowtail butterfly in flight, a symbol of hope. Inscriptions on the reverse are “United States Of America,” “Half Dollar,” “E Pluribus Unum,” and “Breast Cancer Awareness.”
Designed by Ethel Kessler, the stamp features an illustration of a mythical “goddess of the hunt” by Whitney Sherman and includes the phrases “Fund The Fight” and “Find A Cure.” The encapsulated coin and stamp are mounted on an attractive folder with important facts about breast cancer. The folder is housed in a sleeve with the Certificate of Authenticity printed on the back. The Mint accepts orders.
Orders for the Breast Cancer Awareness Coin and Stamp Set are limited to one set per household. The product limit is 25,000 units.
